JEFF FORTENBERRY: GENOCIDE RESOLUTION WILL HARM ARMENIA-TURKEY RAPPROCHEMENT
PanARMENIAN.Net
04.03.2010 22:14 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The historic truth is that Armenian Genocide was
committed in Turkey, and I do not doubt it, Congressman from Texas,
Jeff Fortenberry said.
"I do not doubt the fact of Genocide; still, I believe it’s not
the right time for US to vote for the adoption of the resolution,"
he noted during the hearing of U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
"Armenia and Turkey should discuss the problem between themselves,"
Jeff Fortenberry said, adding that Genocide resolution will harm
Armenia-Turkey rapprochement.
The Armenian Genocide resolution (H.Res. 106) was submitted to the
House of Representatives by Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), on
January 30, 2007, during the 110th United States Congress. It was
a non-binding resolution calling upon the US President to ensure
that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate
understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human
rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States
record relating to the Armenian Genocide, and for other purposes. Upon
its introduction it was referred to United States House Committee
on Foreign Affairs where it passed a 27-21 vote and was sent back
for a full house vote. On October 26, 2007, in a letter addressed
to the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, four key sponsors of the bill,
requested a debate on the bill in full House to be postponed.
The resolution affirming the U.S. record on the Armenian
Genocide (H.Res.252) was formally introduced in the U.S. House of
Representatives by Reps. Adam Schiff (D.-CA), George Radanovich
(R.-CA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D.-NJ), and Mark Kirk (R.-Ill) in 2009.
It currently has 137 co-sponsors.